PA23G:
Science to Action: Closing Gaps to Enable Science-Based, Data-Driven Decision-Making Posters


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Session ID#: 53203

Session Description:
Scientific data have the power to inform, improve and transform decision making in a variety of fields. Many decision makers recognize the value of data-driven decision support, but find it challenging to infuse those data operationally. Frequently, those making decisions lack the scientific and technical resources to access, process or analyze data that can provide actionable information.

This session will discuss how to enable data-driven decision making. How do we ensure decision makers have access to the relevant data? How can silos between data producers, scientists and decision makers be broken down? What are the best ways to uncover decision makers’ needs and priorities, then translate them into needs-driven applications that underpin science-based, data-driven decision and policy making? And how should scientists define and convey scientific uncertainty to decision and policy makers? Speakers will share their success stories, the challenges faced and lessons learned.

Primary Convener:  Stephanie L Granger, NASA Western Water Applications Office, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Amber Jenkins, NASA Western Water Applications Office, Pasadena, CA, United States and Savannah Cooley, NASA Western Water Applications Office, Pasadena, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Stephanie L Granger, NASA Western Water Applications Office, Pasadena, CA, United States
Chairs:  Stephanie L Granger, NASA Western Water Applications Office, Pasadena, CA, United States and Amber Jenkins, NASA Western Water Applications Office, Pasadena, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Savannah Cooley, NASA Western Water Applications Office, Pasadena, CA, United States
Index Terms:

6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES]
6620 Science policy [PUBLIC ISSUES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Enabling access and usage of earth observations in environmental decision making in Eastern and Southern Africa through web-services, training and development of novel datasets (418079)
Shraddhanand Shukla, University of California Santa Barbara, Climate Hazards Center, Geography Department, Santa Barbara, United States, Gregory J Husak, University of California Santa Barbara, Climate Hazards Center, Geography Department, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Denis Macharia, Regional Center for Mapping Resources for Development (RCMRD), Nairobi, Kenya, Michael Ngugi Kimani, Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development, Nairobi, Kenya, Martin Francis Landsfeld, University of California Santa Barbara, Climate Hazards Group, Santa Barbara, United States, Emily Caitlin Adams, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, United States and Christopher Funk, USGS, Baltimore, MD, United States
Open Science by Design: Addressing the Data Dimensions (436063)
Ester Sztein, National Academy of Sciences, Board on International Scientific Organizations, Washington, United States and Thomas Arrison, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, United States
NASA's Western Water Applications Office (444867)
Indrani Graczyk, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
A Multi-Agency Cooperative Program and Pilot Study to Evaluate Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO) (448410)
F Martin Ralph, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, Jay Jasperse, Sonoma Water, Santa Rosa, United States, John Mendoza, Sonoma County Water Agency, Santa Rosa, United States and Chris Delaney, Sonoma Water, Santa Rosa, CA, United States
Assessing the role of hydrological evidence in water resources governance (433926)
Charles Zogheib1, Boris F Ochoa-Tocachi1, Jonathan David Paul1, Wouter Buytaert2, Prof. David M. Hannah, PhD3 and Julian Clark3, (1)Imperial College London, Civil and Environmental Engineering, London, United Kingdom, (2)Imperial College London, Civil and Environmental Engineering & Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment, London, SW7, United Kingdom, (3)University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Pairing NASA Capabilities and Western US Water Resource Stakeholders with Data Mining and Machine Learning (447777)
Christine M Lee, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Valentino Constantinou, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, User Evaluation and Technology Infusion Office, Pasadena, United States and Asitang Mishra, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States
The Northwest Climate Toolbox: supporting stakeholder engagement with climate and hydrology information (370805)
Oriana Chegwidden, CarbonPlan, San Francisco, United States, Katherine Hegewisch, University of California Merced, Management of Complex Systems, Merced, CA, United States, John T Abatzoglou, University of California Merced, Merced, United States, Holly Hartmann, Eugene, OR, United States and Bart Nijssen, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States
An open-access Web-based sociohydrological model platform for improved water security and user decision-making (449606)
Jimmy O'Keeffe1, Simon Moulds2, James Davis3, Shane Fleming3 and Matei Istoan3, (1)Imperial College London, London, SW7, United Kingdom, (2)University of Exeter, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Exeter, United Kingdom, (3)Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Sea ice science decision support during ICEX 2018 (444990)
Andrew R Mahoney1, Jacqueline Richter-Menge2, Soumik Basu3, Uma Suren Bhatt4, Brian Brettschneider5, Hajo Eicken6, Emily Motz7, Lewis H Shapiro1, Jessica Tavernia8 and John E Walsh4, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)US Arctic Research Commission & University of Alaska Fairbanks, Hanover, NH, United States, (3)IARC, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (4)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (5)NOAA, IARC,UAF, Anchorage, AK, United States, (6)University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (7)U.S. Naval Ice Center, Washington D.C., DC, United States, (8)U.S. Naval Ice Center, Washington, United States
Closing the gaps between data availability and data usability: Lessons from the ORNL DAAC Soil Moisture Visualizer (397009)
Alison Boyer and Rupesh Shrestha, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Closing science information gaps to support wildlife management and natural resource decision making: a case study from the Prairie Potholes Region (466777)
Heather M Yocum, University of Colorado, CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States and Andrea J Ray, NOAA/Earth System Research Lab, Boulder, CO, United States
Where Does My Application Fit In? Understanding the Decision Support Pipeline (375581)
Sharon E Ray, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
How Does Your Science Benefit Society? Moving from “Improved Understanding” to Quantifiable Socioeconomic Benefits (432823)
Bethany Mabee, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, United States and Yusuke Kuwayama, Resources for the Future, Washington, United States
Building Capacity in Decision Makers through Applied Earth Science Feasibility Projects (442007)
Amanda Clayton1, Karen N Allsbrook2, Lauren M Childs-Gleason3, Georgina Crepps4, Lindsay Rogers5, Dr. Kenton W Ross, PhD6 and Michael L Ruiz5, (1)NASA DEVELOP Program, Langley Research Center, Hampton, United States, (2)NASA DEVELOP Program, National Program Office, Hampton, United States, (3)NASA DEVELOP Program - Wise County, National Program Office, Hampton, VA, United States, (4)NASA DEVELOP Program - SSAI, National Program Office, Hampton, VA, United States, (5)NASA DEVELOP Program, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, (6)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States
Engaging stakeholders and decision-makers in geosimulations with Tangible Landscape (442590)
Anna Petrasova, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, United States, Devon Gaydos, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Center for Geospatial Analytics, Raleigh, United States, Vaclav Petras, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Center for Geospatial Analytics, Raleigh, United States, Richard Cobb, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, United States, Ross Kendall Meentemeyer, North Carolina State University, Center for Geospatial Analytics, Raleigh, United States and Helena Mitasova, North Carolina State Univ, Marine, Earth, and Atmos. Sciences, Raleigh, NC, United States
From Data Analysis to Communication: Cloud Solutions to Improve Decision Making and Information Dissemination (424069)
Dan Pisut, Esri, Living Atlas of the World, Redlands, United States
Assisting Geophysicists in Data Management: Perceptions and Opportunities (466887)
Suzie Allard1, Joshua Borycz2, Lisa Christian3, Mike Thomas Frame4 and Carol Tenopir1, (1)University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States, (2)University of Tennessee, School of Information Sciences, Knoxville, TN, United States, (3)University of Tennessee, College of Communication & Information, Knoxville, TN, United States, (4)USGS Headquarters, Reston, VA, United States

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